Wagon-rack.



PATBNTED DEC. 18, 1906- J. SGHUSTER,

WAGON RAGE.

AI'FLIDATIOI nun um :1. me,

[NI/EN TOR WITNESSES:

A TTORNE vs rll-mtg III-m. I

Q "mesa plank! 12 12, nailed or otherwise secured 1 having wagon-box-engaglng hooks upon the cross bars or braces I3, supported 1 with terminal u turned li Wagon-b02469 upon the, planks 10. Rods 15 are rovioed gaging hook-b0 ts exten ng transversely .60 upon which end gates, as 16, are iingedly i throu h said uprights, plank-sup 5 mounted, said one gates being composed of 1 hookolts extending transversely thanks 17, suitably secured upon vertical l the uyzri hts, and planks supports races 18, the upper ends of which are perg hook- 0 ts. a t

forated for the passe e of the hinge-rod 15. 2. The combination with a wagpnp The upper ends of t e uprights 1 are pro- 3 having side members and a bottom provide i re vided with notches 19 for the reception of l with recesses near the edges thereof, of upe; the hingerod, thus enabling the top meml rights or standards having hook meii'ihei's bets and the end gates to be easily and 1 provided with upturned terminal lips adoptrpxtickly placed in position or rcmoveo from 1 ed to enpnge the recesses in the bottom meritss t e siue racks, as may be desired, without 1 her of t ie wa on-box, hook-bolts extend'ngl 5 necessity of removing the hinge-rods. The transversely t trough the uprights au'der'iga end gates are provided with cross-bars 2t), ing the upper edges of the side Iueinli secured u on the vertical bars 18 and proi the wagon- )OX, additional pairs of y video wit ihook-holts 21, adapted to engage bolts extending through the drigiit sflnt theatprights 1, with which the end pate is planks supported adjustably an detaiiha; so hingeoly connected. so as to secure t to end iy said hook-bolts and cooperatingwith the 1 gate in locked, position. By using an end i uprights to constitute the side-members 6 19: 1 "gate, as 16, ateach end of the rack or strurruck. ture and by ,f sing a top member of suitable 3. 1n n we, 'Ulhl'llfik, side members inelt 'dj-v as length n coo or cage of proper dimensions 1 ing u rights lmving box-engaging hook us may be ream y constructed in which poultry their ower ends and box-eugaging-eye 1 oramall stock may be confined for transport nd lougitudi[tally-disposed ,jilaiik's t tatlion. a ing: and s pported by the uprights; i i If desired, one or more horizontal parlibination wit 1 a horizontal partitio -=ti1ons, as 22 may be used, as will be underble between the side members and" o-astiiodj by reierence'to Fig. 6 of the drawings, i of being sup orted upon the longitu increasi the capacity of the coop by planks of the utter.

' suboiyiding it orizontally. 1 4. The combination with a wagon --f:.Aecees't0 an compartment of the coop uprightshaving notched uriperend maybe readily ad without o ening the end vided with box-engaging ooks h 5 by simply loosening the bolts, in the turned terminal lips, hook-bolts 'hts 1 at one side of the structure suflithrough the uprights and engfging y to enable one of the side planks 10 l ed es of the side"members or a w e clearly i ad itional pairs of hook-bolts exte -slipped aside, as will n by reference to Fig. 5 of the drawings, it 1 through the uprights Iplankssupipe understood that the end gates are of justably and etnr-hah yby said; nwidth as to fit between the sides of the 1 top members having cross' 'barb upon the planks transverse-rods From the foregoing description, taken in i t e notches 'et the upper 'endefof' question with the drawings hereto aurights, end-gates having-verttcalb fed, the operation and advantages of this I n u said rods, transverse bars, ties w ll be readily understood by t e verticalbarsmnd hook-'liolts e p V in, th art to which it apperthrough the transrerse'bars andmiep V l s A s engage the uprights 9r reek embodying the improvements may i the end-gates in tion. 1 p :5 constructed at a very moderate 1 In testimony t at I clumvthe f v 1 "5 und'it is capable of being used in s my own I have hereto gfiixed my variety ai ways and for a great variety i in the presence of two witnesses. a r 0 which will readily sugge t them- JOHN 1: it Hif "thus dam bed theinventiomwhnt Witnesses:

is M. C. PAEKIB,

L Bit 5 plurslityof uprights 1 M. '1. Fauna. 

